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Blonay
The station in 2011; the museum building and platform is in the foreground
General information
Location	Blonay – Saint-Légier, Vaud Switzerland
Coordinates	46°27′58″N 6°53′46″E / 46.46611°N 6.89611°E / 46.46611; 6.89611
Elevation	620 m (2,030 ft)
Owned by	Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera
Line(s)	Vevey–Les Pléiades railway line Blonay–Chamby railway line
Distance	5.7 km (3.5 mi) from Vevey
Platforms	3
Tracks	3
Train operators	Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera Blonay–Chamby Museum Railway
Connections	VMCV buses
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	No
Other information
Station code	8501281 (BLON)
Fare zone	74 (mobilis)
Passengers
2023	1'100 per weekday (MVR)
Services
Preceding station Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera Following station Château-de-Blonaytowards Vevey R35 Prélaz-sur-Blonaytowards Les Pléiades R35 Terminus
Station layout Legend MVR to Vevey Depot MVR platforms BC platform MVR to Les Pléiades BC to Chamby This diagram: view talk edit
Location

Blonay railway station (French: Gare de Blonay) is a railway station in the municipality of Blonay, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located at the junction of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Vevey–Les Pléiades and Blonay–Chamby railway lines. Both are owned by Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera, although the latter is operated as a heritage railway by the Blonay–Chamby Museum Railway.

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change, the following services stop at Blonay:

• Regio: service every fifteen minutes or half-hourly service to Vevey and hourly service to Les Pléiades.
• Blonay–Chamby Museum Railway: On Saturdays and Sundays between May and October, hourly service in daylight to Chamby-Musée via Chamby.

References

1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Freiburg: EK-Verlag. 2024. pp. 42, 72. ISBN 978-3-8446-6441-6.
2. "Plan de réseau VMCV" (PDF) (in French). Transports publics Vevey-Montreux-Chillon-Villeneuve. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
3. "Plan de zones tarifaires". Mobilis Vaud. December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
4. "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Blonay – Saint-Légier, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
5. "Vevey - Blonay - Les Pléiades (Blonay-Les Pléiades à crémaillère)" (PDF) (in French). öv-info.ch. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
6. "Blonay - Chamby - Chamby-Musée (Chemin de fer-musée)" (PDF) (in French). öv-info.ch. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2024.

External links

• Media related to Blonay railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Blonay railway station – SBB

• Railway stations in the canton of Vaud
• Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera stations